Crop Production and Management Worksheet-1

Crop Production and Management Worksheet-1

1. Which of the following statements is correct about weeds?

(a) Weed cannot be removed manually

(b) Cochineal insects are used to eradicate weed like Opuntia

(c) Cochineal weeds are used for human consumptions

2. Crop plants may be attacked by pests which affect the crop production. Fungi is such type of pest which causes diseases like

(a) Smut of wheat

(b) Blight of rice

(c) Blight of potato

3. What do you call the place where crops such as rice and wheat are grown?

(a) Garden         (b) Ground        (c) Field             (d) Lane

4. Which of the following is explained in the given information?

I – It is the science or practice of growing crops

II – It covers all the activities connected whit cultivation

II – It covers all the activities of animals for food and for doing useful work

(a) Animal husbandry                 (b) Horticulture

(c) Agriculture                              (d) Nurseries

5. Which of the following should come in the box "X' in the given sequence?

(a) Broadcasting                           (b) Transplanting

(c) Manuring                                 (d) Drilling

6. The use of machinery in agriculture helps to:

I – Increase the quantity of crop yield

II – Get the job done faster

III – Reduce the dependency on human and animal labour

(a) I and II only                             (b) I and III only

(c) II and III only                          (d) I, II and III

7. Which of these is the correct sequence of steps to develop a new plant variety?

P – Evaluation

Q – Multiplication of improved seeds

R – Selection

S – Distribution of improved seeds

T – Development of gene variation

(a) T, R, P, Q, S                             (b) R, T, P, Q, S

(c) S, Q, P, R, T                             (d) P, Q, R, T, S

8. What will improve the quantity of food production?

(a) Pesticides

(b) Synthetic hormones

(c) Education and guidance for consumers

(d) Optimum use of land for agriculture

9. Which practices are examples of an integrated cultivation system?

I – Breeding livestock on oil palm plantations

II – Breeding small fishes in paddy fields

III – Planting many types of crops on a small area

(a) I and II only                             (b) I and III only

(c) II and III only                          (d) I, II and III

Answer Key:

(1)-(b,c); (2)-(a,c); (3)-(c); (4)-(c); (5)-(c); (6)-(c); (7)-(a); (8)-(d); (9)-(b)